"Funeral? What's there to record about a funeral?" Upon hearing this, the third child said indifferently.
"There is nothing to record? Don't look at other records. The death of the emperor is a very big event! How can it be that the recorded journey is simple! Second brother, the last emperor was only more than ten years ago, so he must have participated in it.
If you are alive, hurry up and arrest a few islanders for interrogation!"
Zeng Yi also reacted at this time, "Are you suspicious of burial objects?"
"good!"
Zeng Yi hurriedly ordered the pro-military Duwei Mansion to arrest several older servants from the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Soon, several elderly people from the island countries were captured by the pro-military Duwei Mansion. The four of them directly attacked those island countries.
People were interrogated. Those people were very scared. They saw Zeng Yi and others trembling. When Zeng Yi asked about the emperor's funeral, the expressions of those people were obviously different.
Although their expressions changed, those islanders didn't say anything. Zeng Yi was too lazy to talk nonsense and directly used the soul-moving technique. Several ordinary islanders were instantly affected. What did Zeng Yi ask after?
, that’s all.
"Do you know about the funeral of the incoming emperor?"
These people did participate in the funeral of the incoming emperor, but they were just a few ordinary servants, and they didn't know much about it. It was just that the emperor's funeral was always conducted in secret, and they were not allowed to know too much.
Without asking anything, Zeng Yi directly asked about the situation of the island nation's imperial mausoleum, and directly asked them whether there were any large burial objects in the island nation's imperial mausoleum.
At this time, the four people got some useful information from the people of several island countries. Of course, they were not sure whether there were many burial objects in the imperial mausoleum, but they told one thing they had heard before.
During the period of Emperor Go-Saga of the island country, the people were in dire straits, and the court was completely controlled and controlled by the daimyo. When Emperor Go-Saga came to the throne, he did not even have the money to buy formal attire. The people took desperate measures. Not only did they sneak into the emperor's living room and steal the emperor's clothes, they even destroyed Emperor Toba's mausoleum and Tenmu
The Emperor's Mausoleum was robbed, and all the gold and silver treasures in the tomb were robbed. The ashes of Empress Chitong were scattered in the grass beside the road, and the silver box containing the ashes was snatched away. When the people opened the Tianwu Mausoleum, they saw only agate.
It is a chamber with a door made of gold and bronze. The remains are tied with silver belts and decorated with colorful gems. Amber necklaces are placed aside.
"Hey! Is it so luxurious?" After hearing the news, all four of them became excited.
"The imperial mausoleum is magnificent, but the emperor doesn't even have the money to buy formal attire! So, the Northern Army was able to get more than one million silver from the Kyoto Imperial Palace, which is already a very good harvest!"
"No wonder the Imperial Palace doesn't have much money, and all its feelings are buried underground!" Zeng Yi said with a face of surprise.
Funeral rituals originated very early in the Central Plains. As early as the Paleolithic Age cave culture, many stone beads, animal teeth, etc. were found scattered near the corpses. This shows that there were burial utensils and customs at that time. Later, thick burials were carried out
As the wind grew stronger, jade burials became even more common. The island countries learned from the system of the Central Plains, and burials with jade were naturally very common.
In particular, the royal family of the island country has no rights, and they know that their situation is not very safe. Even if they accumulate huge wealth, they may become someone else's wedding dress. It is better to bury it with their ancestors.
In addition to being excited, the four of them quickly took advantage of still some time to inquire about the location of the imperial tombs of several island countries. The emperors of the island countries, after dozens of generations, were not actually buried in the same place.
Some of them are scattered throughout the island country. However, as the capital of the island country, Kyoto is still buried nearby. Many emperors of the island country are buried nearby. Among them, the emperor of the island country is buried in the Senyuji Temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, on the mountain behind Senyuji Temple, and in Momoyama in Fushimi, Kyoto.
After figuring out this matter, Zeng Yi hurriedly went to see the Northern Army General again. The Northern Army General was still worried. The entire Kyoto was searched through by the Northern Army again, but still no large amount of wealth was found.
Seeing Zeng Yi walking in with a smile on his face, the Northern Army gradually frowned and asked, "Master Ni is so happy, does he bring any good news?"
"The general is really good at predicting things! We really found out why the emperor of the island country is so poor!"
Hearing Zeng Yi's words, the Northern Army general's eyes lit up, "Ouch?"
Zeng Yi pointed to his feet, "They're all down there!"
"under?"
"Yes, most of the wealth of the island nation's royal family is actually buried underground, in the tombs of successive emperors!" Zeng Yi told the Northern Army what they had investigated.
After hearing this, everyone looked like they suddenly realized, "So that's it, that's it!" But then, the Northern Army General frowned.
"This is a bit difficult to handle!" The Central Plains Dynasty was very particular about burial. They did feel a little troublesome about the burial objects. After spending so much experience and taking Kyoto, they only got so little money.
It's really hard to explain, but stealing other people's imperial tombs is really hard for the Northern Army to do.
Zeng Yi reacted immediately, "I understand your fears, but generals, don't forget, this is an island country, not the Central Plains. Those buried underground are the ancestors of the enemy!"
A group of people from the Northern Army pondered for a while, and then the general said: "Where is the imperial mausoleum of the island country?"
"We have also investigated this clearly. The imperial tombs of dozens of generations of emperors of the island country are distributed all over the country, but there are many near Kyoto. Among them, there are several imperial tombs of the island country in the Senyuji Temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto!"
Before the Meiji period, there was no complete system for the emperor's funeral, but during the 1100 years from Emperor Shomu to Emperor Komei, the emperor's funeral was generally conducted with Buddhist rituals. Before Emperor Shomu, ancient Japanese customs may have been mixed with Chinese rituals.
, and after the Meiji period, funerals were held with Shinto rituals.
As for the method of burial, burial was the earliest. Empress Chito used cremation for the first time after her death. After that, except for a few exceptions (Emperor Daigo and Emperor Murakami were buried), until the early Edo period, all emperors used cremation.
Starting from Emperor Gokomei, it was changed to a combination of cremation and burial, and it was changed to complete burial under Emperor Komei. Moreover, after the adoption of Buddhist funeral rites, ceremonies were generally held near temples. From the time of Gokomei in the Northern Dynasties,
From the beginning of Emperor Yan's reign, except for Emperor Kōzono, all were held at Senyuji Temple. The funeral of Emperor Meiji was held at the Aoyama Training Ground in Tokyo, and the funerals of Emperor Taisho and Emperor Showa were held in Shinjuku Gyoen Garden in Tokyo. I don't care if I ask, eh eh eh